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Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 67, 1 February 1890, Page 2

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• arc- V ■ f l -^ro^* u ' I,MHWtjr *'• j3if%hji. tl? Are ! seeSfS *•%* wax MfMl ef (WWiWxr on bar way to Tavaa. Is that soexmoaieatiou you were miarataf 'in oar Cbrfetmae Ww. an tWhr aad fa*, kad bmnWl» ditch water; u4 I •■ sorry wow to, add thastbelfew Year was sot mart rejtter-in fact, had it not bean for the Xmae enrols mm* by the Wssfoynna. usheriagia Xssa* wn. aad tho mm) beU-riagin*. dru«*-beating. fhroworha. etc.. oa Raw Tsar's mom, tka two ■ high feats* darn of the year would . boon Iwm wwhonl much warkto It is to ba hoped that yon had a livelier, and mirHar than in Bamoa, and we wi«h, with all our hearts, that the Now Y**r upon ahieh wa have now all entered, mar be far Samoa *' A TTni>j>y N w Y«-nr." Samoa always had. and etill ha*, the sympathy of. Tons* in «11 her trouble*. Kiog Oeorga haa beep in Tonga for : " the Inst two month*, and intern's to lemain a enn»idernMe time. Ho j tnmi to have t«a Wat of health, awl • "fa huaflx enaaaed in the erection of hie now ohnmh, which la to aitrnaea all others In »h-» Mnnds—at l»a«t in aiao. Tow WW haw heard from the Walnui concerning th*, fire In Tonga, which caused the detraction of tho greater portion of Ibe bonded at ire, a destruction the ro»rc comi>let»» hecanee the (rnvwrment. In it« wisdom* had atored kerosene, powder, and dynamite In tho same building as tho general uimhaudi«e. Tba origin of i tho fire la uiknown. All aorta of I rumour* were eff.'red at the time—one tbnt the Prcmjr was to have been shot la'tho confusion of it, etc, etc. A ia very crtuin that the Premier was va»y mnch scored, end on hia departure next morning: to Now Zwilaud by the Fn-limonil ho had an escort of armed police t<> guard him down to tho «tenir.er. The <V»wn Prinee. Tanfnhnu, aon of Fu«i».ftl«. th* Kind's granddaughter, an-onipanied the Premier. Tlie Prince, it in underatom!, v'mite Fiji and Samoa l«fore hia rotuni to Tonga, Our l>itc drought gave m a couple < f ni'-i-'be Mmm, and wo have lieen f avawtM with fieary rains, so that tho errantry k»kn gveea oneo niorr, and there are *rtH h*»pea #w the nroninjr «-rop of Mipra. Last »oek we hid • very rough weather from the north-"I «aatnnd north.weat, and aomeof Ihej •nimtla of wind wer* *ery heaary—J euah na of>eu uaher in our hurrilanoa. Two banvtoa. the Ijotoa and the Hemtlen. aailed laat mouth, the former for Tonaa lo romp'ele her loadina. and . the lattrr. a full ahip, direct for Enron". Hi.' priee of «s»pru here, to the native*. i« from £a to afSpor ton. dry; but there is very HUM making- or eelliiiK at the prioe. The natives am discontented, and think they should have Mere, and of course it {a perfeetlf aartsM to apeak to them oonseraingEuropaan markets, etc. January 22. Ia your leans of Deeswl*r 28 I note that you have reprinted, from the Ancklaud Weekly Naws. aa artleje an tba trada of Ton«m It Is wb). and with graai truth, that "***»*& ba made to pmra aaythlnn." and la tb* arrfsfe'tn quottlon l hey ar# eartali ly made 0 prava '0 • mueh, rl*, , that Tuoca ia in * most ffaatishiaf rommereial eandltlon, whereas, wan tba truth told, tba ysry reruns hi tba ease. 'j BathewipmiMmslßtbjMiraaarf*, thata Muely j 7000 toes ofaapra-herone pradmaV BUthoaaaadtoaaof topraism mats aarf fair mMii, Tba ptiaa paid to j taasatiawaWisrspaatim bsasibit Uto idjry ton feyjky agra- Bwp- I kaaw.kaaudmMJMm at W* ff+g? \ • weC ■' ' «WM Jnm

m ■ an • wsawuasawnumwrmanwawMßßßß porta on the baaia~twi aTVa I Uy'lfca ' takMuMft %M any PW-oniaav ■ itodid •«auebl>s aiaawwl»»a^Uaf» ' wtMrkaa MaMMwVlftra ilisa w*o a n ' asaamwua^ §U,m In taa mat at* mnatae • IMT to f 160,640 fur tba like pertoi iJm'' " * J A» to tba Bt»»i»tia» "isUtinf u ' aaiajatiaa, anaial suaditiaa, etc, aw • »-•«» imdwaod,'' d>*bUsus there wen ; vslid reasons for their omission. The] certainly wonM not appear ia a wan aatMfsatpry light, tba death roll tab ! year baring been s mrthing tarrikle, attriliuted, by many of the chiefs ami prineipaJ mea, grautly to the way i* whkih tba psople hare been grouat* ! down by our paternal Government 1 until they have lost all ueait, spirit, and emuiatiiiu. j It u news to us here, almost on thf j spot, to team from >our issue of Dw, ' 7 that Tof.ia haa boon in active erupI tion. Nothing of the aort has naaa I from here, and tmm inqutrim 1 tnude of people bi't lutily returned from that island, we find that th« , Wuinui niu thare miatakon some us I iwnallv large " buruiug off' of plantiiuj ground for a con»«ai.m of aatoiw, Ho vim are hoping to ha blestod with a'brand-ue-v Constitution'. Unlssi •y>u are going to be mnuh more fortunate than Tonga—which may the Rodi grunt—you will barUy iad it aa unmixed blessing. If agreed to and oheerred by all parties it will ba Waft but if, as iu Tnmrvit is to ba oat a faroe, jou would bo bettor without it i It is indeed hard to get tlmsa ia powft Ito observe any Const itattou. 0a long ! as it helps them to lOMfiaM their ends they uphold it. bat Immediately it stands ia th<>ir Way they trample it under font. To render tho native at a I stroke perfectly fr*efr >m tba power of his chief, M a- mistake, fur, aa a rule, he has not been educated up to the print of knowing at all times what ia best for himself, and y>« might as i-eaannably free a ehiM from the eontrol of he parents. But, on tho other hand, the chic's tkenwelvea muat ba k. i»t within honndf. and the common man against opprecaiim and avartoe, to both of which they have been a iwey m Tonga, and such laws pna*ed '■* ahall.enable him n< t only to n.tiuire property, as the legitimi»te rownrl of industry, but give him abc» bite p*ot H-tiou in tho nncnasakm and enjoyment of it whenaoqnirwl, placing (it out of the power of his sujieriors to appropriate to their own uae just anything, hrlongiiig to him to which they may tuke a fancy. Uafo»c thus protected, the common man luces all emulation—ho enrea not to acquire property, which to morrow may be filched from him. nor will he grow more food than is alwluteiy nccaaary for his own uve, vary often not even that much. little hitches may be'expected to occur in the inauguration of tba now regime, some of thata rather laughable. Ton maw ha sore k takes soma little time before a chief becomes accustomed to a Pvlioa Court, and this was exemplified yearn ago whan judicial procedure was first instituted iuToaga. A ohlef of high rank wssbrougut ap for hsviag nlAved tba gay " Ijothario. and wss Qng'trisd when some kind friend —and kfod MaWds ara alwaya found on such nooaslrmi ran and informed hb wffa. h\frftaM-, of the eireum. staasas- exalaimsd aha, starwagap, sad with aHapcadmakiog tracks for tbc Quart •• What t a rwe IIW that 6 common fellow, sitting to tadkassnt a» my husband, one of the CgsVsatabisfa-tßths lsnd i What U the land somlng tof' Aa she chat like« rocfeat lata tba prsesnos of tba Miglatntet tho people made way for bar m atthar sida, awi aha atflad ap the caatra of tba bsJldrng. sad soon Laaa> lag up, act deigidag to nodes bar fjutaatos suouaa as his vesuaw kaeW k «rw«i. Kw *— » -cVfaa? sm tbenar Jauksksjr taw has. 'Sjsjger jsmstWapaV jjfsj sg Mr aboA caaasm *r ksaaMrk aaam 'JftsM* •jj rgg*ejfc£cnMlE>6rf

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